The New York City Landmarks Law was passed on April 19, 1965. During the first year of the law, some impressive sites in Greenwich Village and the East Village were named into the inaugural class of landmarks, and all but one were in a few blocks of one another, more or less where the neighborhoods […]
New York City was powered by horses for almost three hundred years. At its peak, well over 150,000 horses and by some estimates up to 200,000 lived in the city. Related businesses such as blacksmiths, carriage manufacturers, feed suppliers, stables, auction houses, and more were a huge part of the local economy. There are many […]
March 14th is a date when several people with important connections to the Village will celebrate, or would have celebrated, their birthdays.